Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Algebra 1 Student-Made Foldables

I've been keeping my students super busy with their interactive notebooks. So far, my Algebra 2 students are loving the interactive notebooks. My Algebra 1 students HATE them. I still think they'll come around eventually...

Since I left both my camera and my interactive notebook at school, I'm going to share some photos of the interactive notebook pages that my Algebra 1 students created last year for their semester project. Yes, this post has been setting in my drafts since May...

I know that I am continually inspired by foldables and other creative creations I see online. It is my hope that one of these might serve useful as inspiration to you. Remember - these were created by students. Make sure you check these very carefully for errors before using with students!

8 comments:

I love you notebooks. Have you heard of slope man? I used it with my 7th and 8th graders last year. They loved it and really related to the graphic. http://mathreuls.pbworks.com/f/Slope+Man+Rubric.pdf I found it through a google search last year.

I showed slope man to my Algebra 1 students last year, and they weren't thrilled. It was probably because I had just showed them the Slope Dude video on youtube. It's my favorite video to show for the entire year!

One of these days, I will finally write up a post about how I teach factoring. It keeps changing. In two years of teaching, I've taught factoring FOUR different ways! FOUR ways. That's two ways per year. I think I finally found my favorite way, though.

I teach all pull-out math classes and am interested in trying foldables. However, I could use some advice about just how much direction is given to students. Do you show exemplars first and then insist that they use their own words/examples? Do you provide a rubric/checklist?

Hi John. For this assignment, I gave them a rubric and full creative license. I've added the rubric in a comment below. Normally, our foldables are teacher-directed. I tell students exactly what type of foldable to make and what information should be written on each flap. This was more an end-of-year reflection project. Hope this helps!

Do you have any guidelines or rubrics that you used for this? I LOVE your blog and am in AWE that you are only a 2nd year teacher. A colleague of mine do much of our lesson planning around your ideas, thank you!

Honestly, I didn't give my students the greatest set of directions for this project. My original file is on my computer a school, but they went something like this.

Create three interactive notebook pages that would teach somebody about three different topics we studied this year. You must include a foldable or graphic organizer on each page. You will be graded on your use of color, inclusion of an example problem, inclusion of a foldable or graphic organizer, creativity, and mathematical accuracy. This project is worth a 150 point test grade. Each page will be worth 50 points.

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I am a high school math teacher in the tiny town of Drumright, OK. If you can't already tell from the title of my blog, I LOVE teaching math. I also love foldables, interactive notebooks, and origami. My favorite number is pi. My world revolves around Jesus, my amazing fiance, my family, my church family, and my students.

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